The Avengers #179 [Regular Edition]
(January 1979)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245801
Editing
Jim Salicrup (assistant editor); Roger Stern (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Enter: Bloodhawk! (Table of Contents)

The Avengers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Keith Pollard (signed as pollard)
Inks
Rudy Nebres
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]]; Bloodhawk
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Corrected inker credit 2005 by Steven Tice.

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Slowly Slays the Stinger! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Avengers / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Jim Mooney (breakdowns); Al Gordon (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Al Gordon (credited)
Colors
Mario Sen
Letters
Denise Wohl
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Beast; Wonder Man]; Edwin Jarvis; Bloodhawk; Stinger; Monolith
Synopsis
The Avengers battle The Bloodhawk.
Reprints

Send For the Marvel Superheroes! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

1979 Heralds a New Year of Marvel Greatness! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Jaws 2 (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Avengers Assemble! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Al Schroeder, Charlie Ehrenpreis, Larry Kraus

Subscribe Now To Pizzazz (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

January 1979 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Captain Marvel Meets the Dreadnought (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Enter: Bloodhawk!
    The Avengers
  2. 1. Slowly Slays the Stinger!
    The Avengers
  3. 2. Send For the Marvel Superheroes!
  4. 3. 1979 Heralds a New Year of Marvel Greatness!
  5. 4. Jaws 2
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Avengers Assemble!
  7. 6. Subscribe Now To Pizzazz
  8. 7. January 1979
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  9. 8. Captain Marvel Meets the Dreadnought
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Fruit Pies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David Bruce
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Tice
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